Milton R. Konvitz Liberian Codification Project
Collection Number: /4039 L
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Milton R. Konvitz Liberian
Codification Project, 1962-1980
Collection Number:
/4039 L
Creator:
Konvitz, Milton R.
Quantity:
6 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents), correspondence .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Boxes 1-3, 8-12, and 15-31 of this collection were
transferred to the Cornell Law Library in 2005. Please consult with the Law Library
Reference Librarian for these additional materials.
Language:
Collection material in English, French
March 12, 1908-September 5, 2003 Milton Konvitz, a Cornell University faculty member
and authority on constitutional and labor law, and civil and human rights, died
Sept. 5 at the age of 95. Konvitz was a founding faculty member in the School of
Industrial and Labor Relations from 1946 until his retirement in 1973. He was also a
professor in Cornell's Law School. Konvitz is perhaps best known for his American
Ideals course, which he taught to more than 8,000 students over the course of his
career, never giving the same lecture twice. "I saw the U.S. Constitution as it has
been interpreted as a magnificent depository of our ideals, both individual and
social," he said. His course exposed students to the great intellectual thinkers and
philosophers throughout history whose writings had shaped those ideals. They
included Sophocles, whose play Antigone is Cornell's New Student Reading Project
this year. One student he influenced was U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, Cornell Class of 1954, who considers him a mentor. At Cornell Konvitz also
was a founder of the university's Department of Near Eastern Studies and Program of
Jewish Studies. "I felt it was essential for a college interested in the humanities
not to leave out Hebrew language and literature," he said. "And the knowledge of
Jewish history, which began 4,000 years ago and has contributed to civilization no
less than Greek, Roman or English history, is important to today's students-Jewish
and non-Jewish." He often hosted students at his Ithaca home and helped start the
first Kosher dining option at Cornell, Young Israel House. In addition, for nearly
30 years he directed the Liberian Codification Project, which drew up the official
body of statutory laws that is still in force in the Republic of Liberia today,
despite the current political upheaval there. Konvitz also edited the opinions of
Liberia's Supreme Court and received the Grand Band of the Order of the Star of
Africa, the highest award given to foreigners, as well as an honorary degree from
the University of Liberia, one of seven honorary degrees he received in his
lifetime. Active as a scholar and writer until his death, he wrote books and
articles on American constitutional law that won him wide recognition and were cited
in U.S. Supreme Court opinions. Among his nine books is Fundamental Liberties of a
Free People: Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, which was republished earlier this
year with an expanded introduction by him that is strongly critical of the Rehnquist
Supreme Court. Other books include A Century of Civil Rights (1983) and Judaism and
Human Rights (2nd ed. 2001). He also edited a dozen volumes, including two on
American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose thinking shaped his views. One
Emersonian idea he absorbed was that readers give life to books, which Konvitz
recast as follows: "It is in their hearing that students bring life to the words,
the thoughts, the teacher." Konvitz was born in Safed, Palestine (now Israel ), in
1908, the son of a rabbi. He immigrated to the United States in 1915 and became a
naturalized citizen in 1926. He received a bachelor's degree in 1929 and a law
degree in 1930, both from New York University, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from
Cornell in 1933. Before joining Cornell's faculty, he was one of three assistant
general counsels to Thurgood Marshall at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund for three
years. He is survived by his wife, Mary, of Oakhurst, N.J.; a brother, Phillip, of
Elberon, N.J.; a son and daughter-in-law, Josef and Isa, of Paris, France; and two
grandsons, Eli and Ezra. Josef Konvitz, who grew up in Ithaca, is now an official at
the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Boxes 1-3, 8-12, and 15-31 of this collection were transferred to the Cornell Law
Library in 2005. Please consult with the Law Library Reference Librarian for these
additional materials.
Names:
Konvitz, Milton R.(Milton Ridvas), 1908-2003
Liberian Codification Project
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents).
Correspondence
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a
reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet
and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
Milton R. Konvitz Liberian Codification Project #/4039 L. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections:
/3033: Milton R. Konvitz Liberian Project Files
/4039: Milton R. Konvitz Papers
/4039 AV: Milton R. Konvitz American Ideals Lectures Audio-Visual Materials
/4039 B: Milton R. Konvitz Additional Papers
/4039m: Milton R. Konvitz Tribute to Irving M. Ives and Edmund Ezra Day
/4085: Milton R. Konvitz Additional Papers
/4220m: Milton Konvitz Additional Papers
/4289 AV: ILR School Alumni Affairs and Development Audio-Visual Materials
/4297: ILR School Biography Files
/4341: Milton R. Konvitz Collections
6047: Archives Information File
/3033: Milton R. Konvitz Liberian Project Files
/4039: Milton R. Konvitz Papers
/4039 AV: Milton R. Konvitz American Ideals Lectures Audio-Visual Materials
/4039 B: Milton R. Konvitz Additional Papers
/4039m: Milton R. Konvitz Tribute to Irving M. Ives and Edmund Ezra Day
/4085: Milton R. Konvitz Additional Papers
/4220m: Milton Konvitz Additional Papers
/4289 AV: ILR School Alumni Affairs and Development Audio-Visual Materials
/4297: ILR School Biography Files
/4341: Milton R. Konvitz Collections
6047: Archives Information File
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Box 4 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 1 | 1959 | |
May and June 1959
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Box 4 | Folder 2 | 1957 | |
May and June 1957
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Box 4 | Folder 3 | 1955-1957 | |
Ithaca. August 20 1955 - 1957. Contains one photograph
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Box 4 | Folder 4 | 1967 | |
Checci and Company, Washington, DC. May 1967
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Box 4 | Folder 5 | 1965 | |
Edited by John Gilissen. French and English
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Box 4 | Folder 6 | 1960-1966 | |
Box 4 | Folder 7 | 1960-1963 | |
August 26 1960 - September 18 1963
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Box 4 | Folder 8 | 1961-1962 | |
Box 4 | Folder 9 | 1962-1963 | |
December 6 1962 - March 15 1963
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Box 4 | Folder 10 | 1962 | |
Newspaper Clipping. November 27 1962
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Box 4 | Folder 11 | 1961-1964 | |
December 8 1961 - June 1 1964
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Box 4 | Folder 12 | 1964-1965 | |
Box 4 | Folder 13 | 1933-1966 | |
1933 - April 1 1966
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Box 4 | Folder 14 | 1957-1960 | |
July 18 1957 - May 10 1960
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Box 4 | Folder 15 | 1953-1956 | |
April 3 1953 - April 23 1956
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Box 4 | Folder 16 | 1954-1965 | |
October 5 1954 - July 12 1965
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Box 4 | Folder 17 | 1952-1953 | |
January 14 1952 - November 13 1953
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Box 5 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 1 | 1954-1963 | |
October 15 1954 - December 23 1963
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Box 5 | Folder 2 | 1951-1966 | |
November 19 1951 - January 14 1966
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Box 5 | Folder 3 | ||
Box 5 | Folder 4 | ||
Box 5 | Folder 5 | 1962-1964 | |
October 1962 - November 24 1964
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Box 5 | Folder 6 | 1962-1964 | |
February 2 1962 - April 17 1964
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Box 5 | Folder 7 | 1962 | |
March 5 1962 - July 16 1962
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Box 5 | Folder 8 | 1958-1968 | |
May 6 1958 - May 1 1968
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Box 5 | Folder 9 | 1961-1967 | |
July 14 1961 - August 10 1967
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Box 5 | Folder 10 | 1958-1966 | |
November 11 1958 - March 21 1966
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Box 5 | Folder 11 | 1954-1967 | |
July 1 1954 - November 27 1967
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Box 5 | Folder 12 | 1952-1959 | |
June 9 1952 - May 1 1959
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Box 5 | Folder 13 | 1958-1961 | |
April 8 1958 - September 4 1961
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Box 5 | Folder 14 | 1960-1968 | |
July 11 1960 - October 25 1968
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Box 5 | Folder 15 | 1955-1958 | |
November 9 1955 - February 17 1958
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Box 5 | Folder 16 | 1959-1966 | |
Box 5 | Folder 17 | 1961-1965 | |
October 19 1961 - February 20 1965
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Box 5 | Folder 18 | 1963 | |
Box 5 | Folder 19 | 1962-1963 | |
May 24 1962 - October 2 1963
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Box 5 | Folder 20 | 1963-1964 | |
Box 5 | Folder 21 | 1962 | |
February 14 1962
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Box 5 | Folder 22 | 1962-1968 | |
December 2 1962 - April 24 1968
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Box 5 | Folder 23 | 1964 | |
February 1964
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Box 5 | Folder 24 | 1960-1964 | |
July 13 1960 - June 11 1964
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Box 5 | Folder 25 | 1953 | |
Box 5 | Folder 26 | 1958-1965 | |
Box 5 | Folder 27 | 1958-1963 | |
March 19 1958 - November 7 1963
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Box 5 | Folder 28 | 1952-1954 | |
November 14 1952 - June 2 1954
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Box 6 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 1 | 1954-1965 | |
Box 6 | Folder 2 | 1962-1966 | |
April 6 1962 - December 29 1966
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Box 6 | Folder 3 | 1964-1967 | |
September 10 1964 - December 19 1967
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Box 6 | Folder 4 | 1961-1969 | |
October 16 1961 - May 27 1969
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Box 6 | Folder 5 | 1956-1961 | |
June 30 1956 - August 15 1961
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Box 6 | Folder 6 | 1958-1965 | |
January 11 1958 - February 16 1965
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Box 6 | Folder 7 | 1966 | |
June 26 - August 1 1966
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Box 6 | Folder 8 | 1963-1965 | |
Box 6 | Folder 9 | 1959-1962 | |
September to October 1959, 1962
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Box 6 | Folder 10 | 1962-1966 | |
May 4 1962 - February 3 1966
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Box 6 | Folder 11 | 1955-1962 | |
Box 6 | Folder 12 | 1965-1966 | |
Box 6 | Folder 13 | 1959-1966 | |
Box 6 | Folder 14 | 1957-1958 | |
July 17 1957 - July 1 1958
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Box 6 | Folder 15 | 1952-1956 | |
September 2 1952 - February 7 1956
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Box 6 | Folder 16 | 1955 | |
August to October 1955
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Box 6 | Folder 17 | 1952 | |
Box 6 | Folder 18 | 1952 | |
June 2 1952
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Box 6 | Folder 19 | 1953 | |
May 29 1953
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Box 6 | Folder 20 | 1952-1955 | |
Box 6 | Folder 21 | 1952 | |
March, April and May 1952
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Box 6 | Folder 22 | 1952 | |
May 6 and July 1 1952
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Box 6 | Folder 23 | 1953 | |
Box 6 | Folder 24 | 1952-1957 | |
July 8 1952 - January 12 1957
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Box 6 | Folder 25 | 1952-1956 | |
June 5 1952 - May 14 1956
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Box 6 | Folder 26 | 1952 | |
May 14 1952
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Box 6 | Folder 27 | 1952 | |
June 10 1952
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Box 6 | Folder 28 | 1952 | |
July 30 1952
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Box 6 | Folder 29 | 1960 | |
July 25 1960 - October 18 1960
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Box 6 | Folder 30 | 1959-1962 | |
March 2 1959 - July 19 1962
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Box 6 | Folder 31 | 1959-1963 | |
January 7 1959 - February 11 1963
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Box 6 | Folder 32 | 1957-1958 | |
January 23 1957 - December 17 1958
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Box 6 | Folder 33 | 1948-1956 | |
August 11 1948 - December 19 1956
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Box 6 | Folder 34 | 1959-1965 | |
October 7 1959 - June 25 1965
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Box 6 | Folder 35 | 1958-1963 | |
December 31 1958 - December 24 1963
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Box 7 | |||
Box 7 | Folder 1 | 1952-1958 | |
May 28 1952 - December 9 1958
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Box 7 | Folder 2 | 1967 | |
January to December 1967
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Box 7 | Folder 3 | 1963-1964 | |
March 10 1953 - December 2 1964
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Box 7 | Folder 4 | 1954 | |
February 25 - March 11 1954
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Box 7 | Folder 5 | 1952-1958 | |
November 10 1952 - October 16 1958
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Box 7 | Folder 6 | 1952-1959 | |
April 16 1952 - July 28 1959
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Box 7 | Folder 7 | 1974-1976 | |
September 26 1974 - July 2 1976
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Box 7 | Folder 8 | 1966-1980 | |
July 27 1966 - January 14 1980
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Box 7 | Folder 9 | 1976-1978 | |
July 2 1976 - November 29 1978
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Box 7 | Folder 10 | 1979-1980 | |
June 13 1979 - March 12 1980
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Box 7 | Folder 11 | 1977-1978 | |
Box 7 | Folder 12 | 1977-1980 | |
July 13 1977 - January 8 1980
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Box 7 | Folder 13 | 1952-1972 | |
June 27 1952 - January 4 1972
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Box 7 | Folder 14 | 1971-1980 | |
May 7 1971 - April 1 1980
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Box 7 | Folder 15 | 1974-1977 | |
December 20 1974 - January 3 1977
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Box 7 | Folder 16 | 1975-1980 | |
January 6 1975 - March 12 1980
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Box 7 | Folder 17 | 1974-1977 | |
Box 7 | Folder 18 | 1966-1972 | |
January 5 1966 - October 26 1972
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Box 7 | Folder 19 | 1967-1973 | |
August 1967 - July 30 1973
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Box 7 | Folder 20 | 1973-1980 | |
September 10 1973 - March 28 1980
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Box 7 | Folder 21 | 1968-1980 | |
January 16 1968 - March 3 1980
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Box 7 | Folder 22 | 1971-1972 | |
November 10 1971 - June 30 1972
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Box 7 | Folder 23 | 1966-1967 | |
October 17 1966 - August 29 1967
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Box 7 | Folder 24 | 1969 | |
January 6 1968 - September 30 1969
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Box 7 | Folder 25 | 1966-1967 | |
May 28 1966 - September 28 1967
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Box 7 | Folder 26 | 1973-1975 | |
June 25 1973 - January 2 1975
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Box 7 | Folder 27 | 1969 | |
Box 7 | Folder 28 | 1966-1967 | |
Box 7 | Folder 29 | 1958-1977 | |
February 27 1958 - September 20 1977
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Box 7 | Folder 30 | 1971-1979 | |
September 1971 - December 6 1979
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Box 7 | Folder 31 | 1971-1980 | |
February 25 1971 - April 30 1980
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Box 7 | Folder 32 | 1966-1974 | |
February 16 1966 - April 10 1974
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Box 7 | Folder 33 | 1971-1979 | |
September 1971 - December 6 1979
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Box 7 | Folder 34 | 1965-1967 | |
November 9 1965 - June 2-3 1967
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Box 7 | Folder 35 | 1964-1974 | |
January 24 1964 - May 2 1974
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Box 7 | Folder 36 | 1952-1980 | |
May 7 1952 - February 15 1980
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Box 7 | Folder 37 | 1956-1979 | |
September 19 1956 - September 19 1979
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Box 7 | Folder 38 | 1962-1977 | |
October 25 1962 - January 3 1977
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Box 7 | Folder 39 | 1966-1974 | |
1966 - June 5 1974
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Box 13 | |||
Box 13 | Folder 1 | 1964-1967 | |
Box 13 | Folder 2 | 1952-1980 | |
1952 - April 14 1980
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Box 13 | Folder 3 | 1973-1978 | |
October 2 1973 - February 7 1978
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Box 13 | Folder 4 | 1965-1973 | |
1965 - January 30 1973
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Box 13 | Folder 5 | 1967-1979 | |
August 7 1967 - November 9 1979
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Box 13 | Folder 6 | 1957-1977 | |
October 18 1957 - November 1977
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Box 13 | Folder 7 | 1957-1980 | |
November 26 1957 - January 4 1980
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Box 13 | Folder 8 | 1955-1973 | |
January 20 1955 - March 22 1973
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Box 13 | Folder 9 | 1963-1976 | |
June 26 1963 - March 16 1976
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Box 13 | Folder 10 | 1977-1979 | |
January 11 1977 - April 24 1979
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Box 13 | Folder 11 | 1965-1980 | |
May 10 1965 - June 2 1980
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Box 13 | Folder 12 | 1967-1980 | |
May 8 1967 - June 2 1980
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Box 13 | Folder 13 | 1959 | |
September 26 1959
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Box 13 | Folder 14 | ||
9 white pamphlets and 23 green
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Box 13 | Folder 15 | 1979-1980 | |
Box 13 | Folder 16 | 1976-1978 | |
Box 13 | Folder 17 | 1964-1977 | |
Box 13 | Folder 18 | 1973-1980 | |
Box 13 | Folder 19 | 1965-1979 | |
Box 13 | Folder 20 | 1971-1979 | |
Box 14 | |||
Box 14 | Folder 1 | 1975-1979 | |
Box 14 | Folder 2 | 1970-1971 | |
Box 14 | Folder 3 | 1975-1980 | |
Box 14 | Folder 4 | 1968-1980 | |
Box 14 | Folder 5 | 1968-1971 | |
Box 14 | Folder 6 | 1962-1973 | |
Box 14 | Folder 7 | 1968-1979 | |
Box 14 | Folder 8 | 1967-1968 | |
Box 14 | Folder 9 | 1964-1966 | |
Box 14 | Folder 10 | 1969-1974 | |
Box 14 | Folder 11 | 1972-1976 | |
Box 14 | Folder 12 | 1968-1971 |